Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Semicolon

Debugging by Deduction

Arthur Conan Doyle · 19 June 2026

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains is probably a missing semicolon.”

A rigorous introduction to debugging, log analysis, minimal reproductions, and the disciplined refusal to invent explanations before the evidence has been properly inspected.

Contents

1. Chapter 1: A Study in Stack Traces
2. Chapter 2: The Curious Incident of the Test That Did Not Run
3. Chapter 3: Watson Adds Logging
4. Chapter 4: The Semicolon at Baker Street

Published by Austenpunk, the distinguished imprint for engineers who believe that every production incident would be improved by a stronger sense of narrative irony.

This essential volume combines literary feeling, technical anxiety, and just enough documentation to suggest that somebody once understood the system.